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Tall Claims : Mortality Selection and the Height of Children

Data from three rounds of nationally representative health surveys in India are used to assess the impact of selective mortality on children s anthropometrics. The nutritional status of the child population was simulated under the counterfactual sc...

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Main Authors:	Alderman, Harold, Lokshin, Michael, Radyakin, Sergiy
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ADEQUATE NUTRITION ADULT HEALTH ADULT MORTALITY ALGORITHM ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURES ANTIBIOTICS BIRTH SPACING BIRTH WEIGHTS BOTH SEXES BULLETIN CHILD BIRTH CHILD DEATHS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD GROWTH CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATE CHILD NUTRITION CHILD SURVIVAL CHILD SURVIVAL INTERVENTIONS CULTURAL CHANGE DEATHS OF CHILDREN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD MORTALITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED MOTHERS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY EPIDEMIOLOGY FAMILIES FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY HEALTH SURVEYS FERTILITY GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER GAP GESTATIONAL AGE GIRLS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH OUTCOMES HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN GROWTH HUMAN WELFARE IMMUNIZATIONS INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANTS JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY LABOR MARKET LESS EDUCATED MOTHERS LIVING CONDITIONS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MALNUTRITION MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL MORTALITY MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MORTALITY RATES MORTALITY RISK MOTHER NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY NEONATAL MORTALITY NEONATAL PERIOD NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OBSTETRICS ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY PEDIATRICS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION GROUPS PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PUBLIC SERVICES RURAL AREAS SEX SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER STUNTING UNDERNUTRITION UNDERWEIGHT RATES UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN POPULATION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILDREN
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111018090740 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3613

Tall Claims : Mortality Selection and the Height of Children

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